masquerade
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(also, attributive)An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
I was invited to the masquerade party at their home.
Đồng nghĩa: masque
- 2.
(also, attributive)The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.
- 3.
(also, attributive, figuratively)An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.
- 4.
(also, attributive, figuratively)An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things.
- 5.
(also, attributive, slang)(fandom slang) A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits.
- 6.
(also, attributive, obsolete)A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask or masque.
- 7.
(also, attributive, obsolete, rare)A Spanish entertainment or military exercise in which squadrons of horses charge at each other, the riders fighting with bucklers and canes.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(also, attributive, intransitive)To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; (loosely) to wear a disguise.
I’m going to masquerade as an old-fashioned pilot. What are you going to dress up as?
- 2.
(also, attributive, figuratively, intransitive)To pass oneself off as a different person or a person with qualities that one does not possess; also, to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
He masqueraded as my friend until the truth finally came out.
- 3.
(also, attributive, rare, transitive)To conceal (someone) with, or as if with, a mask; to disguise.
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thumb|People in masquerade (sense 2) at the Carnival of Venice in Venice, [[Italy, in 2015]]